Chapter 79: Chestnut in the Fire
"It's weird!" Entering the room, Lin Xuwen shook his head as he walked, always feeling that today's events were really suspicious.
"What's so weird?" Huang Jinnian stepped in with his robe in his hand, listened to Lin Xuwen shouting suspiciously, and said, "Chen Xiyan wants to reduce the soldiers of the imperial camp army, and he wants to reduce the money and food of the imperial camp army, how can Xie Chaozhong obediently obey?" Even if the emperor wants him to support him, Xie Chaozhong has to come out with some real materials to become a ......"
Sun Wenbing conferred the rank of Doctor Chaosan, so he was qualified to attend the imperial military exercise attended by Emperor Yongxing today. Listening to Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian walking in front of them to discuss the martial arts, they also pondered and felt that something was wrong, and said: "According to what Wen Bing saw, Xie Chaozhong's performance today was a little abrupt, and he was dancing with guns and sticks, and he was dealing with military strategies before the royal car, people who don't understand, looking at this style, still think that the emperor is going to choose a general to go on the expedition!" ”
"Yes, the strange place is here!" After being reminded by Sun Wenbing, Lin Xuwen's thoughts suddenly brightened, and said, "Chen Xiyan only said that he wanted to simplify the administration of the elite soldiers of the imperial camp, Xie Chaozhong was the emperor's personal choice to control the capital, Chen Xiyan didn't mean to kick him away, today's martial arts, the highlight should also be the drill array, how could Xie Chaozhong personally jump out of the monkey dance?" ”
"Xie Chaozhong wants to go to Jiangzhou to represent Yue Lengqiu?" Huang Jinnian stopped, asked suspiciously, shook his head and said, "Impossible." Although there are some bad rumors in Beijing, they are also made up by luxury families. There is a lesson from Liaoxi, replacing Yue Lengqiu at this time, this joke is too big, right? ”
Yue Lengqiu led the troops to Jiangzhou to supervise the battle, although he failed to recover the lost territory, and he had no intention of marching into central and southern Jiangxi before the autumn, but he rectified the military equipment in Jiangzhou, so that the situation in northern Jiangxi did not deteriorate further, and stabilized the situation on the western line of Jiangning - the defeat of Liaoxi made the temple relatively conservative, Yue Lengqiu was able to stabilize the situation in Jiangzhou in just three months, and there was nothing dissatisfied with Jiangning.
Whoever proposed to use Xie Chaozhong to go to Jiangzhou to replace Yue Lengqiu at this time, Chen Xiyan could spray spit on his face.
At the beginning, Chen Xiyan recommended Yue Lengqiu to go to Jiangzhou, and Huaidong also agreed.
Huaidong wants to use troops against Mindong after the autumn, and whether the soldiers and horses of Jiangzhou can effectively drag down the soldiers and horses of the luxury family is also very important to Huaidong, how can he casually agree to let Xie Chaozhong go to Jiangzhou to mess around. In addition, Emperor Yongxing will not be so mediocre, and the officials in the temple will never have a few people to support him.
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All kinds of abnormalities in Jiangning City were quickly transmitted to Xuzhou through fast horses, and Xie Chaozhong's activity also made Lin Lian, who was sitting in Xuzhou, suspicious.
"Xie Chaozhong wants to lead the troops to the battle, but the only way to take the southern part of the ......" Gao Zongting mapped out the routes of Jiangning, Ningguo, and Huizhou, and drew an arrow that expanded outward at Yuling Pass.
"This-stirring stick!" Lin Jian scolded hatefully.
In late May, it was already hot in the city of Xuzhou, Lin Jian ripped open the collar of his shirt, his eyes widened, and he complained, so he stared at the map and did not say anything more.
According to the previous plan, Huaidong and Yue Lengqiu in Jiangzhou at the same time against the luxury family, for the luxury family, if they concentrate their forces on the eastern front to fight Huaidong, no matter whether they win or lose, they will further fall into a Jedi that is difficult to extricate themselves.
Only by categorically abandoning Jin'an Mansion, retreating to the middle reaches of the Minjiang River, and concentrating the main forces in Jiangxi to gain a foothold is the only strategy that the luxury family can adopt at present.
This also means that as long as Huaidong is resolute enough in the offensive on the southern front after the autumn, it will be able to take Mindong more easily.
As long as Huaidong's troops and resources on the southern front crush the psychological endurance of the luxury family, they can force the luxury family to make concessions and take the initiative to give up Jin'an Mansion.
Now that Xie Chaozhong wants to come in and stir up a stick of, the situation has become extremely complicated! For a while, people couldn't see through the changes in the situation.
"Yu Xinyuan must have been involved, and once the matter of Xie Chaozhong going to Huinan to lead the troops is officially raised, Chen Xiyan will definitely strongly oppose it," Ye Junan said with a needle, "The contradictions within the Wu Party have come to this point, and it seems that they really can't be suppressed." ”
Cao Ziang said: "Yu Xinyuan's son escaped from Haozhou a year ago, and then wanted to re-emerge, and directly denied Chen Xiyan, and the contradiction between the two of them tended to intensify; At this point, Yu Xinyuan probably didn't want to see Jiang Ning's situation continue to be unfavorable to him, and it was only right to fight back, which could support Xie Chaozhong's speculation...... "Xie Chaozhong's activity is very important, Cao Ziang saw Jiang Ning's secret letter in Shanyang, so he rushed to Xuzhou.
Now in the hall, Liu Miaozhen, Song Jia, Cao Ziang, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan, Sun Jingxuan and Li Wei, the prefect of Xuzhou, are all the core figures of Lin Tie in the northern line, and they are summoned to urgently discuss the recent abnormalities in Jiangning.
"Whether Xie Chaozhong can lead the troops or not, the key is still in the emperor," Ye Junan said, "The emperor has always distrusted foreign soldiers, and in a month's time, the emperor has personally watched the imperial camp military exercises, maybe Chen Xiyan wants to streamline the imperial camp army and arouse the emperor's suspicion." If there is a surplus of Xinyuan, and then there are ministers who support Xie Chaozhong to lead the troops, the problem may be quite tricky......"
"Yu Xinyuan is the imperial history of Zuodu, and he has an in-law with Xie Chaozhong, so it is impossible for him to directly talk about this matter," Li Wei said, "The low-ranking Beijing official writes and talks about things, and Chen Xiyan can delay it until the autumn queen and does not discuss this matter." Zhang Yan and Liu bluntly said that this matter would be labeled as a vain discussion of military affairs; Yu Xinyuan and Xie Chaozhong want to win over allies, and Zuo Chengmu, Wang Tian, and Wang Xueshan are the most likely. Only when they bring it up can they have enough weight to quickly bring it out for discussion......"
"Think of the worst," Song Jia said in a suppressed voice, "Xie Chaozhong led the imperial camp to make the expedition, and the worst result was that Huinan was leaked, and the luxury family went straight to Jiangning through Ningguo, which is also the best time for Huaidong soldiers and horses to aid Jiangning......"
As soon as Song Jia's words came out, everyone in the hall was heartbeat, and Li Wei and Ye Junan subconsciously looked up at Lin Jian - this is also the best opportunity for Huaidong to directly enter Jiangning, and Huaidong's side should prompt Xie Chaozhong to lead the troops in Huinan and make him defeat in Huinan...... Even if Xie Chaozhong behaved decently in southern Huinan, a split in the Wu party was inevitable, and the benefits outweighed the disadvantages for Huaidong.
"No," Lin Jian said in a decisive voice, "Huaidong must not endorse this kind of-stirring stick. Even if Xie Chaozhong is defeated in southern Huizhou and the gap in Huizhou is opened, the situation will become extremely chaotic, and Huaidong is really sure that he can seize the opportunity? ”
Lin Jian said this, and everyone fell silent again.
Yes, Huaidong's soldiers and horses are mainly concentrated in the north and south, although Chongzhou is the core of Huaidong, but at present there are only 6,000 soldiers in the 10th battalion of the infantry division led by Zhao Hu and a small number of water battalions.
The troops of the northern front can not be drawn again, otherwise it is likely to be taken advantage of Yanhu, and the war will start after the autumn, and the soldiers and horses on the southern front will be scattered, and if they want to gather reinforcements, the speed cannot be fast.
Moreover, Jiangning City was directly threatened by the soldiers and horses of the luxury family, and Emperor Yongxing was more likely to directly order Yue Lengqiu to return from Jiangzhou or Dong Yuan to return from Huaixi.
Yue Lengqiu returned from Jiangzhou to help, and the situation was better, that is, the entire Jiangxi was lost, and the situation would collapse immediately, and there was still time to breathe a sigh of relief; Even if the luxury family captures Jiangning, they will quickly withdraw......
In case Dong Yuan is ambitious and rushes back to Jiangning, then there will be a big hole in the entire defense line from Nanyang to Huaiyang, which is six or seven hundred miles long. Yanhu also gathered tens of thousands of elite horsemen in Jinan, if he directly pushed to the north of Xinyang to organize the crossing of Huai, how would this battle be fought?
"Now Jiangning's abnormality, it is impossible not to attract the attention of the luxury family and Yan Hu's secret pile in Jiangning," Gao Zongting said, "The worst result is that Huinan will be penetrated, and the luxury family soldiers will come to Jiangning City, completely disrupting the situation." After that, the best situation is that Dong Yuan can take care of the overall situation, hold Huaixi still, and be able to aid Jiangning's soldiers and horses, Jiangzhou Yue Lengqiu counts all the way, Meng Yishan's Hanghu army counts all the way, and Huaidong counts all the way. According to the preparations, the battle on the southern front after the autumn should clearly focus on Jin'an, and some of the soldiers and horses of the Changshan Army will be transferred to Xiaoshan to prepare, and once there is a change in Jiangning, the Changshan Army can cross the Qianjiang River from Xiaozhou, borrow the road from Hangzhou, Hu and Danhu, and aid Jiangning together with the Hanghu Army. The Zhejiang-Fujian army is guarding the point outside Jiangning City to send reinforcements, and we, the Hanghu Army, and the Jiangzhou Army are all laborers to help, and if we eat any way, the situation will be very bad - this situation is too dangerous, too dangerous......"
Cao Ziang frowned and said, "Even if you really want to take chestnuts from the fire, this 'chestnut' is too hot......"
One is to take Mindong step by step, the other is to take the fire and plan Jiangning in one step, and ask people to make a choice in front of them, and also take Mindong step by step - the foundation of Huaidong has been solid, take Mindong first, and drive the luxury family into Jiangxi, and then there is a long time to plan, there is really no need to take such a big risk.
"Xie Chaozhong and Yu Xinyuan don't come out, and the luxury family may not have room for struggle," Song Jia said, "but as long as the luxury family notices Jiang Ning's abnormality at this time, it is impossible not to die and struggle!" And as far as I know, the luxury family is not without other secret chess in Jiangning......"
Unlike in Huaidong, Lin Jian doesn't mind women interfering in politics, and Song Jia can participate in secrets in everything; When Luxury Feihu was in Jiangning, there were some secret chess, but Song Jia didn't know about it.
"Indeed, as Madame Song said," Gao Zongting said, "we have all seen the worst possible outcome of the defeat of Liaoxi beforehand, but in fact, no one can stop the situation from developing in the worst direction......
"Mr. Ye drafted a letter for me, if Yu Xinyuan plotted Xie Chaozhong's leading the troops behind his back, the people in Jiangning should try their best to discourage it," The collapse of the Jizhen army in Liaoxi is painful to think about, almost seeing Yanjing step by step into the trap, and Huaidong can't do anything about it, Lin Jian frowned, and said, "But the Military Intelligence Department has to adjust the plan now, and we must make some preparations in advance to deal with the worst possible situation......